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ICD-10 - The future of the medical coding system…
“This past week, The Wall Street Journal reported on the plan of U.S. government regulators to overhaul the aging coding system, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), that physicians and hospitals currently use to bill insurers. The new system, called ICD-10, to which most of the world’s developed countries have already adopted, is expected to [...]
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Indiana doctors get patient data from new HIE service
“The Indiana Health Information Exchange has launched the Quality Health First program to supply doctors with current information about their patients from many sources, including insurance claims, laboratory test results, prescriptions and imaging.” Article Nancy Ferris, Government Health IT, 20 November 20080
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Patients’ secrets will still be safe under the new NHS constitution
“You report that the new NHS constitution would allow researchers for the first time to write to patients to seek their participation in trials, and that “it would result in patients receiving a letter from a stranger who knew their most intimate medical secrets, which would be regarded by many as a breach of trust [...]0
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Personal Health Records – Who’s in the Know and Who has one?
“I spend quite a bit of time here posting about new developments and yes I have both a Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault account, I do comparisons, etc. I see many very prolific bloggers and journalists talking about PHRs too, but something that pops into mind here, do they have one?” Article The Medical Quack, 20 November [...]0
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The Google Health Strategy
“Chilmark Research is furiously working on its next report which will take an in-depth look at the three major platform plays, Dossia, Google Health and Microsoft’s HealthVault. Shaping up to be an excellent report (in our humble opinion) with a target release date of mid-December.” Article John Moore, Chilmark Research, 20 November 20080
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Should CCHIT survive?
“The incomparable Joseph Conn has an article up about the potential fate of CCHIT under the Obama administration. I do not believe that it should be refunded under its current form. For several reasons.” Article Fred Trotter, 20 November 20080
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CCHIT awaits word on fate in Obama administration
“In 2004, David Brailer, then the newly designated head of the newly created Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS, said out loud and in public that the low level of physician adoption of electronic health-record systems was a serious national problem his office would address.” Article Joseph Conn, Modern Healthcare, 20 November [...]0
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Partnership brings technology to nursing curriculum
“Students attending the Nelda C. Stark College of Nursing at Texas Woman’s University, or TWU, will be able to utilize technology in their curriculum as a result of a partnership among TWU, Memorial Hermann Hospital System and VISICU. With the integration of clinical informatics, patient simulators and VISICU’s eICU telepresence solution, student will have access to [...]0
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CCHIT Seeks Comments on Expansion
“The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology is considering expanding the scope of its certification programs. The Chicago-based commission is soliciting ideas for adding new certification efforts for health care information technology. During December, a form will be available on the group’s Web site, cchit.org, for submitting comments. Users of the form can provide information on [...]0
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